apprehension
apprehensions
Apprehension is fear or anxiety about something, like the apprehension you feel about an upcoming test. Apprehension is also the capture of a criminal — that is, when the criminal is apprehended. Finally, apprehension can mean one's understanding of an idea. Get it?
Given the crook's record of evading arrest, the chief had real apprehensions about being able to catch him. Eventually though, she activated the whole police force in an effort to ensure the crook's apprehension. And it paid off! They caught him red-handed. But it wasn't until he saw the video of the crime in progress that the guy apprehended just how much trouble he was in. It was that apprehension that led him to make a deal with the district attorney.
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fearful expectation or anticipation“the student looked around the examination room with apprehension”
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synonyms:
apprehensiveness, dread
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trepidation
a feeling of alarm or dread
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boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment
a feeling of evil to come
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suspense
apprehension about what is going to happen
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gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
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chill, pall
a sudden numbing dread
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shadow
a premonition of something adverse
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presage
a foreboding about what is about to happen
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fear, fearfulness, fright
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
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painful expectation
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synonyms:
misgiving
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expectation, outlook, prospect
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
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expectation, outlook, prospect
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands
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synonyms:
discernment, savvy, understanding
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comprehension
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
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self-knowledge
an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities
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smattering
a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
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appreciation, grasp, hold
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
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grasping
understanding with difficulty
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hindsight
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
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brainstorm, brainwave, insight
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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realisation, realization, recognition
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
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sense
a natural appreciation or ability
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light
mental understanding as an enlightening experience
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revelation
an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
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breakthrough, discovery, find
a productive insight
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flash
a sudden brilliant understanding
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knowing
a clear and certain mental apprehension
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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synonyms:
arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
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capture, gaining control, seizure
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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capture, gaining control, seizure
Vocabulary lists containing apprehension
In this collection of twelve essays, the leader of New England's transcendentalist movement shares his philosophical ideas on different aspects of mid-nineteenth-century life. Read the full text here.
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After receiving a curse that causes her to slowly transform into a demon with a deadly touch, Miuko embarks on a quest to find a cure so that she can return to her normal life.
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